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Demystifying the People Board

Posted by: Melanie Dawes, Posted on: 19 April 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

Do you know what the People Board is and what it does? The board's new chair, Melanie Dawes, lifts the lid.

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My apprenticeship route to Permanent Secretary

Posted by: Jon Thompson, Posted on: 15 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

Jon Thompson kicks off National Apprenticeship Week by explaining what being an apprentice did for his career.

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Our apprenticeships challenge

Posted by: Jake McClure, Posted on: 6 January 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Learning
Group shot of the 2nd cohort of 200 Fast Track apprentices

Jake McClure explains what the Civil Service is doing to help the Government meet its target of 3 million new apprentices by 2020.

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Fast Track to success: Civil Service apprenticeships and why they are so important

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 21 December 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Fast Track Apprenticeship logo

Jeremy Heywood explains how the growing Fast Track Apprenticeship scheme supports one of his key priorities as Head of the Civil Service.

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Making sure the Civil Service has got talent

Posted by: Una O'Brien, Posted on: 24 November 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Detail for banner, with legend "No barriers, just talent" in white on a purple background

As chair of the Civil Service Talent Board, Department of Health Permanent Secretary Una O'Brien updates us on initiatives to attract gifted people, regardless of background, to Civil Service talent schemes.

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What kind of civil servant do I want to be?

Posted by: John Haskey and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 22 July 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Student in a Hazmat suit

...routes into the Civil Service and the vast range of jobs civil servants do. Students at the Year 9 event What do civil servants do? As the students arrived at...

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Using Movement to Work to gain experience in the Civil Service

Posted by: Goknur Ozer and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 5 March 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Goknur (right) with Hannah Wilson on the Communications and Engagement Team in Civil Service HR.

...gaining a foothold in my chosen career in the Civil Service. It was a boost that was well overdue! I had tried many different jobs, both paid and unpaid. I...

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